Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cist
Doon, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Doon
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.86413, -6.90047
- SMR number
- ME001-009----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located on a small NE-SW spur that overlooks the headwaters of a small NW-SE stream, which is c. 90m to the SW. A short cist (dims 0.61m E-W; 0.41m N-S: H 0.28m) containing a ribbed bowl Food Vessel and the cremated remains of an adolescent aged 12-15 was discovered in 1947. The location remains uncultivated (Digitalmap). (Barron 2011)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revision: 31 August 2018
References
Barron, T. J. 2011 3.38 Doon, Co. Meath, E1133. In Cahill, M. and Sikora M. (eds) Breaking ground, finding graves – reports on the excavations of burial by the National Museum of Ireland, vol. 1, 352-7.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.